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Thursday, June 26, 2014

The moment Michael Babatunde broke his arm from a shot from Onazi

For a split second, Nigeria's Ogenyi Onazi was annoyed when his shot
on goal was blocked by a teammate. That was until he realised he just
broke his mate's arm in the process. In Thursday morning's match between Nigeria and Argentina, Onazi dribbled the ball to within 10 yards of the box and wound up for a long-range shot on goal. He struck it perfectly and it might well have been the
equaliser his team needed as they trailed 3-2, but the ball cannoned
into the arm of striker Michael Babatunde, who just so happened to be
right in the line of fire.

Incredibly, the pure speed and power behind the strike broke Babatunde's
arm on impact. Slow motion replays show the sickening moment in the 64th
minute when Babatunde's arm bends backwards - an unfortunate situation
of simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MKkV8H0hqfQIt is understood the 21-year-old will have surgery on his arm and
sidelined for his team's do or die match against France on Tuesday
morning. "I think he's got a broken hand and he's going for surgery
right now as we speak," Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi told Reuters Africa."So I'm not sure if he's still going to participate in this World Cup. But we'll see how he goes. But it's not good."Babatunde, who plays for Ukrainian team Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih,
was a surprise pick for the national team. He was named in the side
ahead of Chelsea striker Victor Moses.